Theridiidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Simitidion  Wunderlich, 1992   3 species

Simitidion agaricographum  (Levy & Amitai, 1982)

Description
Male

Palp: embolus partly enclosed by the large conductor. Prosoma 0.8-0.9 mm long. Opisthosoma: epigastric area strongly bulging.

Body length male: 2 mm
Female

Prosoma brown, with a dark median band, and dark margins. Prosoma 0.74-0.94 mm long. Sternum light brown, darker on edges. Eyes: AME as large as PME. Chelicerae: promargin without teeth. Legs light brown, with some dark spots, metatarsus III without trichobothrium. Opisthosoma dorsally greyish, with a light median dentate band, this band is widened on anterior half, and forms a light wide triangle, opisthosoma ventrally whitish, with a black blotch in front of spinnerets, and black patches on each side of pedicel.

Body length female: 1.8-2.7 mm
Additional information

In pine forest.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Tunisia, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List

"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.

Cyprus   (Bosmans et al., 2019c) ||| Greece   (no references) ||| Greece / Crete   (Bosmans et al., 2013) ||| Tunisia   (Bosmans, unpubl.) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Uyar & Dolejš, 2017) |||
References

Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173 pdf

Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Kronestedt T, Alderweireldt M, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H (2013) Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28 (Suppl. 1): 1-147 pdf

Bosmans R. (unpubl.) Provisional list of spiders of North Africa. Database excerpt Aug. 2019

Knoflach B (1996c) Das Männchen von Simitidion agaricographum (Levy & Amitai) (Arachnida: Araneae, Theridiidae). Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck 83: 149-156 pdf

Lecigne S (2021a) A new species of Sintula (Linyphiidae), redescription of Brigittea innocens (Dictynidae) and eight spider species newly recorded for Turkey (Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 62: 11-34 pdf

Levy G (1998b) Araneae: Theridiidae. In Fauna Palaestina, Arachnida III. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem. , 228 pp. pdf

Uyar Z, Dolejš P (2017) New records and notes on some spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae, Salticidae, Theridiidae) from Turkey. Entomological News 127: 51-63 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (31.10.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
08-07-2021 Image insert
02-07-2021 Distribution update Detail
12-08-2017 Distribution update Detail
12-08-2017 Image insert
15-10-2013 Distribution update Detail
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